ice-skater:
[also called ‘figure skaters‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘i’ rhymes with the word ‘eye’ — (for the pronunciation of ice-skate, please click here & for the right pronunciation of ‘figure skating’, please click here)]
roller skates (L) & ice-skates
a person who skates on ice for sport,
an ice-skater
Yuna Kim of South Korea has several titles, including several ‘first female’ and medals as an ice-skater/figure skater.
After every winter Olympics, more and more people want to be ice-skaters and more and more ice rinks and other business establishments prop up to meet the demand.
Yuan Kim, the world famous ice-skater
Both ice-skaters and roller skaters use different kind of shoes with special soles — ice-skates have a blade-like steel plate on their soles and roller skates have small wheels on their soles.
Though all the ice hockey players are excellent ice-skaters, they cannot display figure skating talents because their main aim is to move on the ice in order to stop opponents from making goals and to make goals themselves.
Isn’t it surprising to learn that professional figure skaters earn from a minimum of $ 30,000 to a maximum of $ 100,000, and some international skaters, like Michelle Kwan, the American five-time world champion, earn millions?
figure skaters
